#AFAE79#AFAE79

#AFAE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.071 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE79
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 30.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -8.09, 27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 28.58, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.021 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.071 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2666, 40.7672, 24.0438)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE79 #797AAF

analogous

#AF9379 #AFAE79 #95AF79

triadic

#AFAE79 #79AFAE #AE79AF

tetradic

#AFAE79 #79AF93 #797AAF #AF7995

square

#AFAE79 #79AF93 #797AAF #AF7995

split-complementary

#AFAE79 #7995AF #9379AF

monochromatic

#6D6C41 #939258 #AFAE79 #C6C59F #DDDCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AFAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#AFAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE79

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE79	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.071 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c6a0',
    500: '#afae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae79;
$custom-light: #c7c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73864,
    "c": 0.07147,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE79

secondary

#B7B8CD

accent

#68C266

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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